Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaintiff agreed to lease a property to Lunnis , who assigned this equitable lease by way of mortgage . |
| 2 | On Nov. 12 Israel agreed to accept a visit to Jerusalem by Jean-Claude Aimé as the envoy of the UN Secretary-General , on condition that Aimé would not use the opportunity of his visit for an investigation specifically directed to the Temple Mount killings . |
| 3 | First he threw down his training bib , then he tried to make a point to coaches Dino Zoff and Giancarlo Oddi . |
| 4 | The cities of America were full of Dustin Hoffmans — just as every young woman seemed to bear a likeness to Barbara Streisand around the same time . |
| 5 | Ben jumped ashore and tied the rowboat up to the small , wooden jetty , then turned to give a hand to Peng Yu-wei who stood there , cradling a sleeping Meg in one arm . |
| 6 | He unrolled the parchment , scrubbed it with the pumice-stone and gently blew the fragments away , dipped his quill into the unclasped inkhorn and began to draft a letter to Burnell . |
| 7 | He began to take a liking to John Lydon , who beneath the carefully cultivated exterior of ennui , Branson recognised as being extremely bright , ‘ if rather lazy ’ . |
| 8 | Enjoying widespread support in the constituencies , the supporters of the tariff threatened to become a danger to Baldwin 's leadership — as they had been during the 1929–31 period . |
| 9 | The committee was divided over whether or not to proceed with the march but it agreed to send a delegation to Derry to consult the local people ; this meeting began on the evening of Friday 4 October and went on until 1 a.m. on Saturday . |
| 10 | Meanwhile IBM Corp , which took a 3% to 4% stake in Wang for $25m last year and agreed to consider a 12% to 16% stake if its AS/400 and RS/6000 OEM deal was successful , will not be investing more money . |
| 11 | They decided to write a letter to Angel Clare , to inform him of the dangerous situation his wife was in . |
| 12 | Last autumn the state decided to put a halt to Dr Kevorkian 's activities . |
| 13 | The next morning , after Master had gone off to school for the day , Sergeant decided to pay a visit to Riverbank to see his new friend Anabelle Hedgehog . |
| 14 | She decided to take a train to Arles , idly wondering whether there was any trace of Van Gogh left . |
| 15 | Armstrong of Mangerton offered to send a messenger to Graham of Netherby — his wife was a Graham — to ensure that there would be no trouble with that warlike English clan . |
| 16 | It was down to the practice ground in the gloom for Jack and myself but I managed to get a message to Sally to meet me an hour later than planned . |
| 17 | You eventually managed to get a flight to Milan , where you stayed in hiding , and then you spent some time near Lake Como ? |
| 18 | It closed 1½ pfennigs lower at Dm2.8308 but managed to gain a cent to $1.7420 as the dollar succumbed even faster to mark pressure . |
| 19 | Mr Lamont aimed to give a boost to business and recovery this year while sending a clear message to the markets of the measures he — or his successor — will take to claw back borrowing . |
| 20 | This suited the British , especially when pro-Egyptian groups appeared to pose a threat to Jordan in April 1957 . |
| 21 | Rokovssky , at this moment a man of curses and oaths , knew he had to send a telegram to Marcelle Fayette in the morning . |
| 22 | In the following May , Miller again reported illness , being just recovered from a fever and subsequent attack of rheumatism , so wished to postpone a visit to Woburn . |
| 23 | The merchants of Awjla and Jalu contested this claim , but after some years of bloody conflict they were confined to the oases : if they wished to travel outside they , too , had to pay a fee to Zuwaya . |
| 24 | It was also made known that Pope John Paul II wished to pay a visit to Romania in 1992 or 1993 . |
| 25 | Therefore , he had to get a connection to New York in order to catch his 6 a. m. plane . |
| 26 | He had to take a boat to Miami , and that 's why he give me the keys to Starkisser . |
| 27 | Having reconciled myself to the situation , I felt I had to make a gift to Leslie of my acceptance . |
| 28 | He still has a still has a few technical problems with his speeches , his voice is very thin , he falls away at the end of sentences and when he rises to a crescendo his voice is like the distance whine of an aeroplane engine but what he said was exactly what they wanted to hear a return to family life and strong law and order . |
| 29 | The Letter of 1019 – 20 says that he intended to avert a threat to England , and succeeded in dealing with great dangers , so that the Danes would henceforth at need be able to assist the English . |
| 30 | Fiji Prime Minister Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara said that his colleagues wanted to send a delegation to New Caledonia each year to monitor implementation of the Matignon Accord ( the 1988 pact which ended fighting between French settlers and pro-independence indigenous Kanaks by promising a 10-year process leading to a referendum on self-determination — see pp. 36348-49 ) , but the proposal was rejected by the French government . |